An Overwhelming Weight - A Heavy Message

[Bob Pastorello]

Over the past several days, I have exchanged messages with many of you on 
this burdening issue of mass....I have read every note, every thread, every 
pun (and fat joke), and I for one, have come to Resolution of the Issue.

It is a Matter of Mass.  And Momentum.

The leaders of the game - the "big dogs" - "the Professionals" - the 
"Serious Competitor" *are* (for good or ill) THE folks that drive the game. 
Whether we like that, or not, (I have come to learn), is a very personal 
perspective of absolutely NO value on this issue.

Until the 99%, or the 88%, or the 77% make the decisions about what 
equipment is used in the game, we are undeniably at the mercy of 
"advancement".  "Change".  "Improvement". "Pushing the envelope". 
"Innovation".  The label does not matter; the effect is the same.

IF we make changes to the rules that permit MORE of "anything" (weight, 
size, engines, or "maneuver specific design airframes") we are resigning 
ourselves to a fruitless chase of an unachievable status quo.  Unachievable 
because the target is always moving.

FAI moves the target **For Us**.  I am now convinced.  Whether we agree, 
want it to, or don't, it does not matter....what we do is driven by FAI, and 
that's the way it will be.

We are incapable of separation, because too many of us believe that "it's 
all good".  And that means we are destined to resolutely tag along 
permitting the tail to wag the dog....The One Percenters Rule....and  I'm 
now resolved to it.

Therefore, I will not support changes of any kind to the current rules 
regarding size or weight.  To do so risks opening the floodgates of 
additional costs, complexity, time, and energy.

            And the game is tough enough as it is.

Thanks to all of you who have helped illuminate this issue so clearly for 
me.  Your erudite analysis has overpowered my logic and common sense.
    You all will hear no further from me on this issue.

Bob Pastorello
NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
rcaerobob at cox.net
www.rcaerobats.net 

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